Word: warne
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Devil's Advocate. Today, Author Moore believes the Japanese must be utterly defeated, that "we can no more compromise with them than we can with the Germans." But eight years ago, and for long thereafter, compromise was his only mission. He never ceased to warn Japan's leaders that their army must be curbed, that a clash with the U.S. would be fatal to their country. On the other hand he pleaded their cause against U.S. critics. He could see no reason why Japan should not annex Korea-"a badly governed area" smaller than the American prize...
None of these ideas was part of the original inspiration which came six years ago to Bishop John Francis Noll of Fort Wayne. The Bishop had visualized a huge figure of Christ as "Light of the World," which, if erected in Washington, would serve as a beacon to warn Catholics of "the necessity of national Christian action against the almost worldwide tide of Communism which seems to be sweeping toward...
Practical Importance. The discovery that mice erupt in cycles has important practical applications. In 1935 a U.S. zoologist was able to warn orchardists 18 months in advance of the worst mice outbreak New York State ever suffered, helped save thousands of fruit trees...
These outsize military heads are also useful for 1) plugging breaches in nests and runways until the workers can repair them, 2) pounding loudly against the walls to warn other termites of danger-a sound often heard by exterminators...
...OTHER HORSEMAN-Philip Wylie -Farrar & Rinehart ($2). The old story from which Philip Wylie gets his title is better than the story he tells. The old story: There was a fifth Horseman of the Apocalypse, who galloped ahead of the others to warn people that they were coming. Realizing as he returned through a devastated world that nobody had heeded his warning, he became so disgusted that he joined the other Four Horsemen in destroying what was left of human life. The Fifth Horseman's name: Reality...